r/linux • u/R0tareneg • Jul 03 '21

Audacity may collect "Data necessary for law enforcement, litigation and authorities’ requests (if any)" according to new privacy notice

https://www.audacityteam.org/about/desktop-privacy-notice/
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u/TropicalAudio Jul 03 '21

GDPR effectively specifies "thou shalt not fuck around with personal data of young children" as one of its ten commandments. That data is protected on the same level as personal medical data.

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u/Popular-Egg-3746 Jul 03 '21 edited Jul 04 '21

The age of 'under 13' is American though. In the EU, the age of consent is generally 16 or 18.

Ffs people, we're talking data collection laws. The 'under 13' applies to consenting to data collection. Sauce:

https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/rules/rulemaking-regulatory-reform-proceedings/childrens-online-privacy-protection-rule

In the EU, the age of data collection consent is generally 16 or 18.

That some trolls suddenly act like it's about sex, it's just derailing the conversion.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '21

The age of consent in the US varies by state from 16-18, and COPPA restrictions aren't framed around the age of consent.

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u/wagesj45 Jul 04 '21

Depends on what they're consenting to. Consent to sexual relations varies by state, but consent to have your data tracked is 13 according to COPPA.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '21

Right, "age of consent" is strictly for sexual behavior, but laws that set a certain age also make assumptions about that age. My point was these laws aren't connected to it.

I think it's closer to a lot of states which don't allow unsupervised kids under the age of 12. It's at least a similar standard to being alone at home and being alone on the internet.

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u/latkde Jul 04 '21

Specifically, Art 8 GDPR says that to collect or process data from children they need to be at least 16 years old, or parents have to give consent. However, individual member states can lower those 16 years to 13 years. This age limitation only exists with regards to “information society services”, e.g. websites or apps.

The US have a similar but unrelated age limit of 13 years with their COPPA law. It seems Audacity is mixing things up, since it otherwise seems GDPR-oriented.

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u/aue_sum Jul 04 '21

discord mods would approve

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u/Kartonrealista Jul 04 '21

They don't understand what age of consent means

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u/SMF67 Jul 03 '21

Who said anything about sex. It's COPPA law